#njpw fan art

[ss-trashboat]

OKAY so yo gurl wanted to do a best of super juniors project drawing all the competitors, as the tournament marks one year of me watching njpw live. got a bit of a late start to the project BUT we're doing it past the tourney cause i want to draw everyone

but had to start with one of my sentimental faves. my beloved italian rep, squad's lil meow meow, babie boi akira <33

reference link ~

[ponchaka]

Jushin Liger in his debut in 1989 and Kishin Liger

[mahounomoridesign]

Golden Lovers Experience

[despemania]

last year saw one of my favorite stories in wrestling, SANADA's rise to the top 💙 for my contribution to @moonsaultzine i wanted to depict the very moment he made me believe anything was possible!!!

(also after wk18, he's made the climb before, i believe he can make it again ^^)

[orkkie]

Golden lovers have been on the brain (geez I wonder why) So i wanted to draw them. Starting of course with the Golden Beginning.

[supakixbabe]

Jack Perry fan art by me after having a small breakdown because it wasn’t going well (and I’m like hella ADHD/autistic so that was fun). I love doing art, but sometimes I can’t seem to capture my ideas and get like really frustrated because I know I can do it, but yeah.. Sorry about my rant.

As for the art: It’s not his actual jacket. I put him in like a cloak and added the text to the back and embedded it into the fabric. Had like a city background and added sparks and fire because… when he arrives..

the whole city will burn to ash!

[fang-revives]

had the brainwave of “Kenta in a sleeping bag...” and decided to commission @orange-catsidy​ to draw it for me because I love her style! Check out her commission sheet here!

[novampiresremain]

ren narita ( study? sketch? ) that is not perfect but i adore 💛

[sunshowersz]

the wrestler

[sybilius]

SON OF STRONG STYLE

[headcheeseme]

Douki arting

[ss-trashboat]

donation sketchie for @zumo-san ~

[ponchaka]

The fathers of Puroresu

Rikidozan, Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki

[pepperstreak]

I need some Christmas money for family 😅, good a reason as any to finally make one of these!

Backgrounds must be negotiated

Examples:

[whitney5798]

Drawing of NJPW/STARDOM star, Mercedes Monè!

my ko-fi, teepublic, twitter, instagram

[yoshihashismattebum]

9 People I'd Like to Get to Know Better

Thanks @sycamoretrees for the tag!

Last song: I'm going to cheat and go for a whole album. I've been really enjoying Where's My Utopia? by Yard Act recently: deceptively clever stream-of-consciousness lyrics that walk the line between wry irony and passionate sincerity, all set to post-punk beats that you can dance to. (Shout-out to HELLMODE by Jeff Rosenstock and Sorry for the Late Reply by Sløtface too – both brilliant albums as well)

And while I'm breaking the rules, I might as well mention my wrestling playlist that I've been working on! It's a really eclectic mix of songs that remind me of various different things in wrestling – feuds, characters, general vibes etc. It's not finished yet (I'd like to organise it thematically and write some annotations to explain my thinking behind the choices), but maybe you'll find something on there you like!

Favourite colour: it's a tie between blue and purple (especially lilac). Also currently enjoying the yellow-green of the new leaves that are appearing at this time of year!

Currently watching: wrestling, surprise surprise. I'm just about keeping up with AEW and completely failing to keep up with NJPW. Other than that, I've not really been in a big TV/film mood recently. Although I did see Dune Part 2 the other week, which I thought was fantastic. My partner and I have also become slightly addicted to watching Gab Smolders play Nancy Drew games on YouTube.

Spicy/savoury/sweet/(sour)/(salty)/[umami]: since @sycamoretrees set a precedent of adding options, I'm going to go with another write-in candidate: my beloved umami. I am a Marmite fiend and will eat just about anything if it has soy sauce/miso/strong cheese etc in it. I enjoy pretty much all of the above tastes though, especially when combined in interesting ways. If I had to choose between the original options, I probably lean towards savoury; I have extremely strong opinions on crisps.

Relationship status: I've been with my partner for almost 11 years now :) (While I'm here, go check out her fantastic art and tabletop RPG writing at @mortphilippa! Obviously I'm biased, but she's super talented!)

Obsessions:

Too many to mention them all, but here's a selection:

Wrestling (of course): as well as my usual AEW & NJPW, I've watched some CMLL recently, which has been fun. I also recently reached new levels of nerd by emulating King of Colosseum 2, a Japanese wrestling game from 2004, on PC. It's good! Holds up well!

Tabletop role-playing games – an ever-present obsession for me. I've just wrapped up a 4+ year D&D campaign that I was GMing, which is an odd feeling, but I'm so proud of the story we told together. I'm also currently GMing/writing stuff for Cy_Borg, Liminal Horror and Brindlewood Bay, among others! There are tons more I want to run though – too many games, not enough time! (I am always up for conversations about TTRPGs by the way – I could talk forever about them! Hit me up if you wanna chat!)

Puzzle games: more of a recent obsession. I continue to do the Wordle every day, but I've recently been enjoying Connections (sorting words into categories), Heardle Decades (identifying songs from the intros), and Squeezy (a weird game about fitting letters into other words). I'm also going through a bit of a point-and-click adventure phase. Really enjoying Unavowed by Dave Gilbert currently. I'm not usually an urban fantasy fan, so it's a testament to how good the writing is that I'm loving it as much as I am.

Spring flowers: spring has well and truly sprung here in the UK, and I am loving all of the flowers that are popping up everywhere! There's nothing that brings me joy quite like going for a walk and doing some plant-spotting (I'm trying to get better at identifying plants this year! I'm mostly reliant on Google Lens and a bit of inherited knowledge from my Grandma currently)

Oops, that was A Lot! Enough about me. Time to tag some other people! (Only if you feel like it though! Absolutely zero pressure)

IRL friends (I know you all very well already, but I always love hearing what you're up to 💙): @thewaythroughthewoods, @thepenultimaterolo and @mortphilippa (and @unpairedbracket if you fancy it!)

Some Tumblr people wot seem cool (sorry if we've not interacted much – I've not been on Tumblr a lot recently and I'm bad at starting conversations!): @norfkid, @sybilius, @dansedan, @unlikelywrestlingfan, @punkrockpariah